Customer Communications
Western Power may contact customers by email, letter, phone or SMS relating to any of the below:
- Planned works / planned outages
- During a power outage
- Land access for private power poles and Western Power infrastructure maintenance
- Electrical Inspector calls to your house
- To respond to any of the below:
- Customer enquiries
- Applications for new customer connections, network services and aerial visual covers
- Meter service requests and annual meter reading
- Embedded generation applications and registrations
- Planning Applications referred to us and requests for clearance
- Customer surveys / feedback
Further details:
Planned works / planned outages
We will let you know if any of our planned works / planned outages affect your property as soon as possible by email, SMS or a letter to your home or business. Planned Works / Planned Outages FAQs
During a power outage
During a power outage you may receive SMS notifications regarding the outage and estimated restoration times. If you have not already signed up to SMS notifications, register for SMS notifications here
Land access for private power poles and Western Power infrastructure maintenance
Our power poles and wires need to be inspected regularly to make sure they are safe and do not pose a risk to individuals and communities. This requires our crews to access your property to assess the condition of our power poles and carry out infrastructure maintenance. Read more about accessing your property
Electrical inspector calls to your house
Western Australian Electrical Inspectors (WAEI) have authority to access premises without notice for the purposes of ensuring the safety of electrical installations. All of our inspectors have police clearance and must carry identification to confirm their authenticity. Read more about safety and access inspections
To respond to your customer queries
If you contacted us with a query by email, social media or letter then our customer service team will call you back to assist with your request.
Customer new connections / reconnections
If you have lodged a request for a new connection / reconnection we will be in touch to discuss your application. Follow this link if you wish to submit and online application or have a query relating to a connection service.
In addition, we may contact you relating to Requests for Visual Aerial Covers or Service Requests for New Connections and Network Services.
Meter service requests and annual meter reading
Western Power will contact you by letter if your meter needs to be replaced. In addition, we follow strict protocols when entering your property. All authorised Western Power staff and contractors carry formal identification provided by Western Power. Read more metering FAQs here
Regarding the services that Western Power provides, there are a few different paths when it comes to requesting payment.
- Before the job – This is at the time of booking a service, the customer request is booked online through Western Power portal (payment via credit card)
- After the job – An invoice will be sent out to the customer requesting payment to be made. Our team do make calls on occasion depending on the size of the debt and if they are a company/business.
To receive timely updates during power outages it’s important we have your correct contact details. That is why we regularly check our records for any incorrect or missing information. If we don’t have an accurate mobile number for you, we will send you an email similar to the example below. All information we collect is used in accordance with our Privacy policy.
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Our SMS and email notifications will come to you directly from a Western Power mobile phone or email account.
The email has your notification letter attached as a PDF document.
Remember, you can choose whether you receive your planned outage notifications via email, SMS or mail. The default method is email, followed by SMS and finally mail. Call us on 13 10 87 to change your preference.